Evaluation of KQML as an agent communication language

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1037, Issue , 1996, Pages 347-360

  Mayfield, James ^a   Labrou, Yannis ^a   Finin, Tim ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

AGENT COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES; DESIRABLE FEATURES; INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; KNOWLEDGE QUERY AND MANIPULATION LANGUAGE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MESSAGE FORMAT; MESSAGE HANDLING;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84957651835     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3540608052_77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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